Start-Up Offers New Power Route
For Wireless Artificial Heart Devices

OTTAWA -- With a fresh spin on a familiar technology, a Canadian start-up has set its sights on the potentially huge market for artificial hearts.

Ambitiously named World Heart Corp., the Ottawa company has yet to earn a dime for its shareholders. But its management is projecting its first profit, of about US$13 million, in 2001, when the company expects its first full year of sales.